OS1/31/10/210
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burial Ground | Burial Ground | Rev. [Reverend] William Brand Dunrossness John Bruce Junr [Junior] Esq. [Esquire] of Sumburgh Robert Isbister, Factor, Grutness |
067.14 | This is a private Burial Ground in which some members of the family of Bruce of Sumburgh are intered. The small enclosure on the west contains the tomb of a former tenant of Sumburgh farm […] |
| Jarlshof | The Lord's Houses The Lord's Houses Jarlshof |
Rev. [Reverend] William Brand Dunrossness John Bruce Junr. [Junior] Esq. [Esquire] of Sumburgh Robert Isbister, Factor, Grutness John Bruce Junr [Junior] Esq. [Esquire] |
067.14 | applies to ruins of an ancient castle or mansion, supposed to have been erected about the beginning of the 15th. century, and corresponding to Sir Walter Scott's fictitious Jarlshof in the "Pirate" - but there is no reliable information concerning its history. |
| Sumburgh | Sumburgh Sumburgh Sumburgh Soumburgh + Soundburgh Somburgh |
Rev. [Reverend] William Brand Dunrossness John Bruce Junr. [Junior] Esq. [Esquire] of Sumburgh Robert Isbister, Factor, Grutness Sir R. Sibbald 1711 Brands Description 1703 |
067.14 | Applies to a handsome modern mansion; built of stones with garden and ornamental grounds attached, embracing the old mansion houses and buildings now converted into offices - situate about 1 mile N. [north] of Sumburgh Head, the extreme southern point of the mainland of Shetland. […] Dongher[..] |
Continued entries/extra info
JarlshofThis is the ruin of an old castle built in the 16th century by Lord Robert Stuart. The proprietor called it Jarlshof which is the name given to it by Sir Walter Scott in the Pirate.
"Near West Voe stands the walls of a ruinous house built by Patrick + Earl of Orkney" Sir R. Sibbald 1711
+ Earl Patrick is wrong: it should be his father Earl Robert Stewart - Cowie's Shetland etcetera.
Sumburgh
Old Norse Name Svin-borg = Sweyn's Castle
"On the headland of Sumburgh […] Low (1788) mentions a fortification on a neck of land protected by a wall and ditch" - Hibbert's Shetland 1822
This is probably the Borg or Brough which gives Sumburgh its name but although I inquired for a Brough I could only hear of that on Trace 4 67/14 which is not on Sumburgh Head - That mentioned by Low appears to have disappeared.
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